A day on the sand just isn't complete without a playlist that sets the right tone and gives off good feelings from morning to afternoon. From 1950s beach music to modern rock and pop, singers ...

The genre extolls the virtue of staying close to your home town. “Five O’Clock Somewhere” was part of a wave of hits that ...

Combine the Beach Boys with New York City grit. "Rockaway Beach" by the Ramones ranks No. 17 on Rolling Stone's top summer songs. The Ramones blended surf rock with punk on their 1977 album "Rocket to ...

Music experts have officially crowned the ultimate seasonal anthem, and it hails from the peak of the disco era. Rolling Stone named Chic’s “Good Times” the Best Summer Song of All Time. The 1979 ...

Set the scene: the heat rising off the sand, the sound of waves rolling in, and a quiet escape just out of sight beneath a weathered boardwalk. That’s the vision "Under the Boardwalk" by The Drifters ...

Many artists have songs that have come to be perennial summertime classics. The Kinks' "Sunny Afternoon," The Lovin' Spoonful's "Summer in the City," the list goes on. But there are few acts whose ...

Spring is here, but as the warm weather arrives far more slowly than I’d like, I’ve found my thoughts drifting back to the brash, joyful days of Brat summer 2024—that moment of shared monocultural ...